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Fashion DIY

Did you know you can DIY your wedding dress? Yep! We’ve also got DIY wedding shoes, jewelry, accessories, and other wedding DIY tutorials If you don’t want to make stuff (but just want to get some wedding dress and fashion inspiration), our fashion porn archives are for you!

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How to DIY frugal but fancy wedding shoes with appliques

Finding the perfect pair of shoes that are both comfortable and cute is a trying task so I decided to make my own DIY wedding shoes. So here’s what I did to make my (all-together) $50 pair of wedding shoes with appliques…

Temporary tattoos for your wedding posse II

Show solidarity with your wedding posse with temporary tattoos

A couple of tattoos at Sandra-Lee and Conrad’s wedding caught my eye and kabwoosh this awesome idea just fell into my brain. Temporary tattoos for your wedding party people. I love the idea of showing solidarity with your crew on your wedding day — who couldn’t use a little bit of extra support feels that day, right? Whether you want to let people know this is my best man, my sister, my brother, my partner in crime, whatever, there are a bazillion places to get customary temporary tattoos.

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How to dye your wedding dress

After my divorce, I had this dress in my wardrobe that fitted me perfectly but that I couldn’t wear, and that I couldn’t bring myself to give away. In some ways, I felt like this dress was stopping me from moving on with my life. So I decided to reclaim my wedding dress.

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Wear your activity tracker on your garter

Wondering where you’re gonna put your wearable tech on your wedding day? Do what Ruby did, and pop your Fitbit (or other activity tracker) on your garter, and watch as you rack up some impressive data.

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How to paint your wedding flats on the cheap and nerdy

I really wanted to keep in the nerdy wedding vibe going with my shoe choice, so I began searching for Doctor Who or Star Wars shoes that were cute and not more than $50. Yeah, I know… I’m dreaming. So instead I bought a pair of shoes from Payless and decided to paint them. Here’s my step-by-step guide to painting my shoes…

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How a giggling hairy man inspired the easiest DIY hair fascinators ever

When I was weeding through pictures of hair fascinators for my bridesmaids, I was totally in awe of how beautiful some of them were. After goofing off with my now husband in a craft store, I had a light bulb moment that I could make my own feather hair pieces. These were seriously easy to make. And you can totally DIY your own as well. I believe in you!